Professional Memberships:

• President; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2022–2023)
• Ex-Officio for Executive Committee; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2017–2018)
• Chairman of the Development Committee; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2017–2018)
• Meeting Chairman; Congress of Neurological Surgeons, CNS (2015)
• Elected Member; Society of Neurological Surgeons “The Senior Society” (SNS) (2015–present)
• Chairman Scientific Planning Committee Program; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2014)
• Development Committee Member; American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (2012–2015)
• Member of the Information Technology Committee; American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (2012–2013)
• Vice Chair Scientific Planning Committee CV Program; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2012–present)
• Ex-Officio and University Chair; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2012–present)
• Compliance & Ethics Committee Chair; Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (2010–present)
• Fellow of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (FAHA) (2009–present)
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (2008–present)
• Ex officio member, Executive Council, AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section (2007–present)
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2006–present)
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1999–present)

Presentations:

• "Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery: Lessons Learned Around the Boathouse" 2018 Congress of Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting; CNS; Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery (2018)
• "Horizontal Deployment of an Intracranial Stent via an Antegrade Approach for Coil Embolization of a Basilar Apex Aneurysm: Technical Note" American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR); ASNR; Neuroradiology (2018)
• "Atherosclerotic Disease of Intra an Extra Cranial Vessell" 2nd Annual International Meeting; CAST; Comprehensive Approaches in Stroke Treatment (2017)
• "Broadcasting Live Cases for 2017 CNS Meeting" 2017 CNS Annual Meeting; CNS; Neurosurgery (2017)
• "CAS For Extracranial Atheroscherotic Disease" 2017 Congress of Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting; CNS; Neurosurgery (2017)
• "Leadership In Healthcare" 2017 Congress f Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting; CNS; Neurosurgery (2017)
• "Patients Selection For Thrombectomy" 2nd Annual International Meeting; CAST; Comprehensive Approaches in Stroke Treatment (2017)
• "Cutting Edge Technologies for Novel Treatment of Aneurysms" 2016 Neurosurgery Update Course; ; Neurosurgery (2016)
• "Stroke: A neurosurgical Disease" 2016 Neurosurgery Update Course; ; Neurosurgery (2016)
• "Novel Interventions For Intracranial Aneurysms" 2nd CAANS Continental Congress; ; 25th SNSA Scientific Meeting (2016)
• "Stroke: A Paradigm Shift to Interventioan" CAANS Continental Congress; CAANS; SNSA Scientific Meeting (2016)
• "Broadcasting Live Cases from th Gates Vascular Institute" World Live Neurovascular Conference; WLNC; Neurosurgery (2015)
• "Stroke Neurosurgery, New Evidence Ushers In A New Standard of Care" NYS Neurosurgical Society 2015 Annual Meeting; NYS Neurosurgical Society; Neurosurgery (2015)
• "Acute Ischemic Stroke: New Trials and Standards”" 2015 Gates Vascuar Institute Symposium; GVI Symposium; Neurosurgery (2015)
• "Controversies in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery" AANS Annual Scientific Meeting; American Association Neurologial Surgery; Neurosurgery (2015)
• "SWIFT PRIME: A Legacy Begins" Medtronic Neurovascular Natonal Sales Meeting; Medtronic; Neurovascular (2015)
• "New Aneurysm Technology" 29th Annual Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society; Turkish Neurosurgical Society; Neurosurgical (2015)
• "“AVMS: Open or Closed Approach”" TriStar Neuroscience Symposium (2014)
• "“Technological Advancements In Stroke: On The Cutting Edge”" Meredian International Neuroscience Symposium (2014)
• "The Future of Vascular Neurosurgery" Congress of Neurosurgeons 2014 Annual Meeting; CNS (2014)
• "The Role of Stenting In The Era Of Stentinrievers" Congress of Neurosurgeons 2014 Meeting; CNS (2014)
• "Vascular Open Surgery vs Pipeline Flow Diversion" Congress of Neurosurgeons 2014 Annual Meeting; CNS (2014)
• "Broadcasting Live Cases from th Gats Vascular Institute" World Live Neurovascular Conference; WLNC; Neurosurgery (2014)
• "“Coiling in Conjunction with Pipeline Embolization Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms" Annual Meeting of the israel Neurosurgical Society; Israel Neurological Society (2014)
• "“Morbidity and Mortality after treatment of Iintracranial aneurysms with pipeline embolization device: Analyses of an International Multicenter Registry”" Israel Neurological Society Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society; Israeli Neurological Society (2014)
• "“Primary Stentriever vs Combined Stentreiver plus Aspiration Thromectomy Approaches in Vitro Stroke Model Compairison”" Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society,; Israel Neurological Society (2014)
• "“Thrombus Density Predicts Successful Recanalization with Solitaire Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke”" Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurological Society; Israel Neurological Society (2014)
• "Coiling in Conjunction with Pipeline Embolization Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms" Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society; ; Israel Neurological Society (2014)
• "Morbidity and Mortality after treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms with Pipeline Embolization Device: Analyses of an International Multicenter Registry" Annual Meeting of the Israeli Neurosurgical Society; Israeli Neurological Society (2014)
• "The Role of Neurosurgeon In Management of Ischemic Stroke" TANS 2013 Annual Meeting; Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons (2014)
• "Thrombus Density Predicts Successful Recanlization with Solitaire Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke" Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society; Israel neurological Society (2014)
• "Update on Multi-modality Aneurysm Technologies" TANS (2014) Annual Meeting; Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons (2014)
• "Complex Aneurysms: Creative Solutions to Daunting Problems" CNS Webinar; CNS Education Committee (2012)
• "Complex Aneurysm Management Maximizing the Interventionalist's Solution from Coils to Flow Diversion" Cerebrovascular Section Meeting; AANS/CNS (2012)
• "What More Evidence Do You Want? Devices Reduce Death and Disability" 2012 International Stroke Conference; ; AANS/CNS (2012)
• "Controversies in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery" 2011 79TH Annual Scientific Meeting; AANS (2011)
• "Hemodynamic-Morphologic Discriminants for Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture" 2011 International Stroke Conference (2011)
• ", Special Comment: Intracranial Stenting for Arteriosclerotic “Stenosis of Intra" 26th Annual JSNET Meeting (2010)
• ": “Selection of the device; closed cell/open cell for stent," Annual JSNET Meeting,; ; BSJ Session (2010)
• "“Effective use and Appropriate patient Selection of Carotid Wallstent and Filterwire EZ" 26th Annual JSNET Meeting (2010)
• "“Effective use and Appropriate patient Selection of Carotid Wallstent and Filterwire EZ" 26th Annual JSNET; ; BSCI Keynote Lecture: Teaching Seminar (2010)
• "”Advanced Endovascular Treatment for Cerebral Aneurysm" Korean-Japanese Friendship Conference (2010)
• "”Advanced Endovascular Treatment for Cerebral Aneurysm”," Korean-Japanese Friendship Conference; KSIN-JSNET Joint Session (2010)
• "Carotid Revascularization: “Modern management of carotid stenosis" 26th Annual JSNET Meeting, (2010)
• "Prospective Analysis of Outcomes after CT Perfusion-Guided Stroke Intervention" The American Academy of Neurological Surgery 71st Annual Meeting (2009)
• "Revascularization and Mortality Rates following Endovascular Intervention within 3 Hours of Ischemic Stroke Syptom Onset - Comparison Between Mechanical versus Pharmacological Intra-arterial Therapies" Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting (2009)
• "Elective Stenting for Intracranial Stenosis under Conscious Sedation. Oral Presentation" Neurological Society of America Annual Meeting (2009)
• "The Current State of Carotid Stenting" Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel (2009)
• "Inhibition of Stretch-Activated Channels Disrupts Nitric Oxide-Mediated Vascular Remodeling" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2009)
• "Intra Arterial Stroke Management and Arterial Dissections Inside and Out of the Head: The Essentials" Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Update at Harvard Medical School (2009)
• "Managing Carotid Stent Complications" 18th Annual Peripheral Angioplasty and All That Jazz Conference (2009)
• "Occurrence of In-Stent Stenosis and/or Thrombosis After Enterprise-Assisted Aneurysm Treatment: Midterm Follow-Up of the Interstate Collaboration of Enterprise Stent-coiling (ICES) Multicenter Tegistry" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2009)
• "Ischemic Disease – Thrombolysis, Intracranial Stenting" Endovascular Techniques for Residents MERI (2009)
• "The Adjunctive Use of Intra-arterial Eptifibatide as a Revascularization Tool in Acute Cerebrovascular Ischemia" 61st American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting (2009)
• "Advanced Endovascular Strategies for the Management of Complex and Giant Intracranial Aneurysms" Sothern Neurosurgery Society Meeting (2009)
• "Interventional Management of Stroke" Cerebrovascular Update 2009 (2009)
• "The Enterprise Vascular Reconstruction Device for Treatment of Acute Thromboembolic Stroke" International Stroke Conference (2009)
• "Acute Stoke: Transition from Rehabilitation to Intervention" Grand Rounds at Massachusetts General Hospital (2009)
• "Stent-assisted Coiling of Paraclinoid Aneurysms Does Not Increase Risk of Treatment" The American Academy of Neurological Surgery 71st Annual Meeting (2009)
• "The Current Role of Extra-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Neurovascular Pathologies" Grand Rounds at West Virginia University (2008)
• "Interventional Stroke Treatment Current Concepts and Future Directions" Poriah Hospital (2007)
• "Intracranial Stenosis and Aneurysms" Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, RamBam Healthcare Campus (2007)
• "Current status of CAS in the US" 6th Meeting of Japanese Society for Treatments at Neck in Cerebrovascular Disease (2007)
• "Preliminary Multicenter Experience with the Wingspan Stent for the Treatment of Intracranial Stenosis" Joint International Stroke Conference--AANS-CNS Cerebrovascular Section--ASITN Meeting (2007)
• "Cross-Clamping” Technique for Treatment of Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis with Intraluminal Thrombus" 65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neurosurgical Society (2006)
• "In Vivo Hemodynamics Correlated with Vascular Responses Associated with Cerebral Aneurysm Development" 5th World Congress of Biomechanics (2006)
• "Endovascular advances in the treatment of complex aneurysms and Orbit experience" Cerebrovascular Disease Forum, Huashan Hospital (2006)
• "Wingspan Stent HDE Clinical Study 12 Month Follow-up" Semana del Intervencionismo Minimamente Invasivo (2006)
• "When and how to treat vertebral arteries and carotid dissections" Endovascular Therapy International (2006)
• "Intracranial Atheroma Case Discussion, Evidence Based Management of Cerebrovascular Disease, Part II" Joint Program of International Stroke Conference and AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section and ASITN (2006)
• "Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Management Strategies" 1st Conference of Chinese Neurosurgeons (2005)
• "How to Judge Coil Embolization in 2005" 1st Conference of Chinese Neurosurgeons (2005)
• "Orbit Complex Coils for Intracranial Aneurysms: Higher Packing Density Improves Midterm Angiographic Results" 1st Conference of Chinese Neurosurgeons (2005)
• "Hemodynamic Factors Contributing to Aneurysm Formation and Rupture" 6th International Intracranial Stent Meeting 2009:Tidal Wave from Coil to Prosthesis, from Embolization to Reconstruction (2005)
• "Vertebral Artery Intervention and Its Impact on the Posterior Circulation. Syllabus Abstract" Multidisciplinary European Endovascular Therapy (MEET) Congress (2005)
• "Carotid Artery Stenting: Planning the Procedure" Endovascular Therapy International, University of Siena, Italy (2005)
• "Interpretation of the intracranial angiography at baseline and during complications" Endovascular Therapy International, University of Siena, Italy (2005)
• "Sirolimus-eluting Stents in the Canine Cerebral Vasculature: Assessment of Safety Profile and Vessel Response" Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the German Academy of Neurosurgery, and the German Society of Neurosurgery (2004)
• "Incidence and Treatment of In-stent Stenosis after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting" World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology meeting (2003)
• "Intracerebral Rescue for Thromboembolic Complications Following Carotid Stenting. Multidisciplinary European Endovascular Therapy (MEET)" Mutlidisciplinary Course on Endovascular Therapy of Carotid Artery and Thoracic Aorta (2003)
• "Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting in Patients with Near Occlusion of Carotid Artery" 2nd International Course on Carotid Angioplasty ICCA- II (2002)
• "Carotid Stenting and Thrombolysis in Patients with Acute Carotid Artery Dissection and Ischemic Stroke" 2nd International Course on Carotid Angioplasty ICCA- II (2002)
• ": Histological Response of Cerebral Vessels After Randomized Blinded Implantation of Heparin-Coated and Uncoated Endoluminal Stents" . Brazilian Meeting of Neurosurgery (2002)
• "In Vivo Model of Intracranial Stent Implantation: Histological Response of Cerebral Vessels After Randomized Blinded Implantation of Heparin-Coated and Uncoated Endoluminal Stents" Brazilian Meeting of Neurosurgery (2002)
• "Endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke" Constantino Constantini Cardiology Clinic (teleconference) (2002)
• "Problems and Pitfalls in Carotid Artery Stenting" Fourteenth Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (2002)
• "Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms: When and Why?" 60th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society (2001)
• "Radiosurgery for Childhood Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation" 10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society (2000)
• "Cervical spine evaluation in obtunded or comatose pediatric trauma patients" International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (1999)
• "Outcome analysis of third ventriculostomy" International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (1999)

Service Activities:

• Rebel Ride for American Heart Associaton Co-hosted give back ride at Rebel Ride Indoor Cycling. Al proceeds raised went back towards funding lifesaving research for heart disease and stroke in our community.; Co-Chair (2018)
• Team Captain CycleNation Raised money to help end stroke and heart disease in the community and throughout the nation.; Co-Chair (2018)
• Buffalo Bills; NFL Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant (2013–2015)
• Founder and President PUCCS Founder and President of "Program for Understanding Childhood Concussions & Stroke" (PUCCS). As of 2013 raised 300k for this charity.; President (2010–present)
• KADIMAH School Board; Board Member (2009–present)
• Physicians’ Council for Responsible Reform; Consultant (2009–present)
• Medical and Dental Staff Ad Hoc Committee, Kaleida Health; Member (2009–present)
• Oral Board Preparatory Course; Teacher (2009–present)
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Guidelines Committee; Member (2008–present)
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices and Ethical Standards; Member (2008–present)
• Fellowship Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Chair (2007–2008)
• Cerebrovascular Complications Conference, Cerebrovascular Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surg; Co-Chair (2007–2008)
• Cerebrovascular Section Representative Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Scientific Planning Committee; University Representative (2007–2008)
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Scientific Planning Committee; Delegate (2007)
• Grammar School Presentation Series on Brain Injury and Helmet Safety; Presentor (2007–present)
• Cerebrovascular Surgery; Co-Chair (2006–present)
• Stroke Research; Director (2006–present)
• Fellowship Chair for Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Chair (2005–2008)
• Family Practice Management Planning Audit Committee; Member (2005–2006)
• Family Practice Management Planning Governing Board; Member (2005–present)
• OR Committee, Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital; Member (2004–present)
• Education for underprivileged high school students about opportunities in Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Neuroscience; Presentor (2001–2003)
• Stroke screening and health awareness program, National Stroke Association and George Washington University Medical Center; Volunteer (1993–1997)